The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-08

the old accounts, and we
know you will enjoy your
Christmas better and be the
happier in the Great Be-
yond. No offensc, but we
really need what is due us.
NOTICE TO PUBLISHERS.
The LEADER has about 200 pounds
Of secondhand Long Primer type,
which will be sold for 20 cents per
pound cash. This notice is set
from the font for sale.
Mr.. Gladstone will be seventy
eight Mt Christmas.
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The Cotton World estimates this
years crop at 6,195, 900 bales.
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Pamela county circuit court only held
5 days. Pamela has been dry county
for several years.
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The Y. NJ. c. A. of McCOmh City
has been presented by the l. c. Il. X.
with two new stoves and coal enough
to last all winter.
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Henry Ward Beecher's successor is
chosen, and he is the Rev. Chas. \.
Berry, of Queen Street Congregational
church, Wolverhampton, Eng.
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Solid as rock--that is the kind Of
foundation the Supreme Court of the
United States last Monday decided
prohibitory legislation rests upon.
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The National Railroad Commission
make favorable report on the workings
of the Interstate Commerce law and
recommend some amendments to perfect
il.
The Socialists of Spain have sent a
very sympathetic letter, inclosing
1862 toward the support of the fami-
lies of the deceased Chicago Anarch
lists.
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Henry W Grady, the editor of the At
ianta Constitution, sums up the cause OF
the prohibition defeat in Atlanta in few
words: ''From first to last the negroes
were solidly against it,"
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The Tuepelo Journal states that an
old gentlemen of Lee county, 50 years
of age, was found dead, supposed to
have been killed by a vicious pet
deer of the neighborhood.
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Hon. A. b. Hurt, of this State, has been
elected Door keeper of the National House
of Representatives,. We join i'll the con-
gratulations of his hundreds of other Mis-
sissippi friends and rejoice IN his success.
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Hon. John G. Carlisle has been reelect
ed Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives. In accepting the Caucus nomina-
ton, he urged Democratic harmony and IL
spirit of compromise on the question of
tariff reform.
"The Copiah Baptist Association
was organized at Hazlehurst a few
Sundays ago, with w. A. Mason
Moderator, and j. ID. Cranberry,
Clerk. They meet next September at
County Line church, near Crystal
Springs.
) The State Prohibition Executive
Committee will hold an important
adjourned meeting in Jackson next
Thursday, 18th inst, to consider
among other things, what class of
legislation will be asked of the
Legislature when it meets in January.
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Johann Most, the most blatant and
cowardly of all the Anarchist leaders,
has been convicted of incendiary Ian
guage calculated to incite to riot and
murder, and sentenced to the pcniten
tiary for one year-the utmost limit
for such atfences under the law of
New York.
The election of Hon. J. w. Cutrer
to the Senate from CoahOma county,
removes the last colOred man from that
body. Mr.. Cutrer served III the lower
house last session and took high rank
as an able, safe and discreet member.
His influence will be felt in the Senate
and his experience and counsel will be
valuable in shaping the action of that
august body.
Capt. j. J. Whitney, our Floater
Representative, and Hon. c. b.
Mitchell, of Pontotoc, have been pro-
posed for the Speakership of the
House. Either would make capital
presiding officer, and we would feel
especially gratitied at seeing Capt
Whitney thus honOred. There is no
man in the State with more lofty and
patriotic purpose and greater
integrity.
The prOprietOrs of the Southern
Sentinel, ut Ripley, one of the pro-
gressive papers of our State, propose